1875 Open Championship

1875 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10 September 1875
Location	Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Prestwick Golf Club
Statistics
Field	18 players^[1]
Prize fund	£21
Winner's share	£8
Champion
Willie Park, Sr.
166
«1874 1876»

Prestwick

Location in Scotland

The 1875 Open Championship was the 15th Open Championship, held 10 September at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Willie Park, Sr. won the Championship by two strokes from runner-up Bob Martin. Willie Park, who had won the first Championship in 1860, equalled Tom Morris, Jr.'s record of four Championship wins.

Tom Morris, Jr. and his father, Tom Morris, Sr., were both absent following the death, six days earlier, of Young Tom Morris's wife during child-birth. Young Tom Morris himself died later the same year.

Play started at 11:30 a.m. and just 18 players contested the Championship. All the leading players were in the early pairings. Willie Park, in the first group, and Bob Martin, in the third group, led after the first round with scores of 60. After the second round Bob Martin and Bob Ferguson led in 114 but an number of players were close behind with Willie Park on 115 and Mungo Park on 116.

In the final round Willie Park "played a fine game"^[2] and scored 51, the best round of the day. Bob Martin came second with defending champion Mungo Park third and Bob Ferguson fourth after a 58.

Final leaderboard

Source:^[3]^[2]

Friday, 10 September 1875

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money
1	Willie Park, Sr.	Scotland	56-59-51=166	£8
2	Bob Martin	Scotland	56-58-54=168	£5
3	Mungo Park	Scotland	59-57-55=171	£3
4	Bob Ferguson	Scotland	58-56-58=172	£1
5	James Rennie	Scotland	61-59-57=177	£1
6	Davie Strath	Scotland	59-61-58=178	£1
T7	Tom Carson	Scotland	181	£1
T7	Bob Pringle	Scotland	62-58-61=181	£1
T9	William Doleman (a)	Scotland	65-59-59=183
T9	Hugh Morrison	Scotland	62-59-62=183

References

↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 154. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
1 2 "Golf - Annual Competition for the Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 11 September 1875. p. 5.
↑ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.

External links

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